A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume 9 |
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Page 3722
... civil office under said so - called Confederate government ; and shall also further state whether such person has at any time prior to April 14 , 1861 , held any office under the United States Government , and , if so , what office ...
... civil office under said so - called Confederate government ; and shall also further state whether such person has at any time prior to April 14 , 1861 , held any office under the United States Government , and , if so , what office ...
Page 3727
... office followed by participation in rebellion : This is the most important part of the oath , and requires strict ... civil or military , under the United States , and has taken an official oath to support the Constitution of the ...
... office followed by participation in rebellion : This is the most important part of the oath , and requires strict ... civil or military , under the United States , and has taken an official oath to support the Constitution of the ...
Page 3734
... civil war - would be contrary to the established practice of the Government from its inauguration to the present time . This bill will therefore be filed in the office ... government of the rebel States , ' passed on the 2d day of March ...
... civil war - would be contrary to the established practice of the Government from its inauguration to the present time . This bill will therefore be filed in the office ... government of the rebel States , ' passed on the 2d day of March ...
Page 3736
... office , or from the performance of official duties and the exercise of official powers , any officer or person holding or exercising , or professing to hold or exercise , any civil or military office or duty in such district under any ...
... office , or from the performance of official duties and the exercise of official powers , any officer or person holding or exercising , or professing to hold or exercise , any civil or military office or duty in such district under any ...
Page 3737
... civil office in the State is required " to take and to subscribe the oath of office prescribed by law for officers of the United States . " Thus an officer of the Army of the United States detailed to fill a civil office in one of these ...
... civil office in the State is required " to take and to subscribe the oath of office prescribed by law for officers of the United States . " Thus an officer of the Army of the United States detailed to fill a civil office in one of these ...
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Page 4000 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 4032 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 3960 - I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the United States since I have been a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have neither sought nor accepted nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever, under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States...
Page 3720 - That the President and Vice President of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the...
Page 3741 - I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm), in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Union of the States thereunder; and that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion, with reference to the emancipation of slaves. So help me God.
Page 4034 - No ship of war or privateer of either belligerent shall be permitted, while in any port, harbor, roadstead or waters within the jurisdiction of the United States, to take in any supplies except provisions and such other things as may be requisite for the subsistence of her crew...
Page 4035 - ... no coal shall be again supplied to any such ship of war or privateer in the same or any other port, harbor, roadstead, or waters of the United States, without special permission, until after the expiration of three months from the time when such coal may have been last supplied to her within the waters of the United States, unless such ship of war or privateer shall, since last thus supplied, have entered a port of the government to which she belongs.
Page 3738 - Whenever, by reason of unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages of persons, or rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States, it shall become impracticable, in the judgment of the President, to enforce by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings the laws of the United States...
Page 3910 - An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1868 and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1867, and also to prevent the execution of an act entitled "An act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States...
Page 3815 - That every person holding any civil office to which he has been appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and every person who shall hereafter be appointed to any such office, and shall become duly qualified to act therein, is and shall be entitled to hold such office until a successor shall have been in like manner appointed and duly qualified, except as herein otherwise provided...